If it's BC, I agree with the original poster. HST isn't the plight it's made out to be. I also agree with you that the sneaky way it was brought in, and then the detestable way it was defended, have made it look really bad. HOWEVER, I do not really begrudge or blame them for it. Who will get votes by saying they will introduce a new tax? Even if they'd describe how the new tax is better (which it is), people would only hear "new tax". You know how I know? Proportional representation voting referendum or STV as they tried to call it. Twice they tried, and twice, we as a province, failed to vote "sufficiently" in favour, because people only hear that which they fear if a politician speaks it. As soon as you run for any kind of office, you are no longer a regular person, and the words you say no longer hold the weight of any wisdom, foresight or common decency to the electorate. To them, all you say is tainted by self-interest, greed and dishonesty.

So to all those that signed the anti-HST petition, and to all those that didn't bother look at their daily bills to see how their taxes have actually changed, and to all those who forgive the businesses that have the gall to sit there and say prices are higher because the HST without even a blink to say they'll pass on the savings that the HST provides on the back-end of the business, I say a resounding "grow up and get informed". I don't blame people for not knowing. I blame their lack of desire for insight, and doing any of the work it takes to know these things. As a voter you can't sit on your butt all day and hope the talking heads on TV will always give you the info you want. Sometimes you have to do something for yourself. And when you are informed, and you find out that even though a seemingly slimey, slippery, son-of-a rammed something through in a rather unpleasant way, maybe just let it go if it happens to be a good thing for you, your neighbour and everyone's future in the long run.

I apologize for going on this off-topic rant, and the tongue-in-cheek innuendo at the end. Carry on.

Yup, it took us just over 7 years to "finish" Marathon:Resurrection. I say finish in quotes because these sorts of things are never really finished, but after 7 years we actually managed to finish up all the levels, monsters and story, so it was done. We still want to polish it some more, but life happens...